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Under their terms, generally, captains were elected, the injured received recompense, and pay came in shares rather than in wages, with captains rarely getting more than twice what ordinary seamen did.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
After basic training, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger as an ordinary seaman.
—Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Patrick Reed, previously dubbed Captain America for his Ryder Cup success and antics, was more of an ordinary seaman playing alongside Woods.
—Brian Costa, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2018
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
After basic training, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ranger as an ordinary seaman.
—Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Patrick Reed, previously dubbed Captain America for his Ryder Cup success and antics, was more of an ordinary seaman playing alongside Woods.
—Brian Costa, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2018
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“Ordinary seaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordinary%20seaman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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